RSView Supervisory Edition Installation Guide

Set up communications for use with OPC data servers if you want to
communicate with non-Allen-Bradley devices using a third-party OPC
server. You can have multiple OPC data servers in an application. Each
data server must point at a different OPC server.
To set up communications for use with OPC data servers
1. For each device you want to communicate with, follow the
manufacturer’s instructions to create an OPC topic in the OPC
server.
2. Set up an OPC data server in RSView Studio, and point it at the
OPC server you set up in the previous step.
When you browse for tags in devices, the OPC topics appear in the tag
browser, each representing a device.
For details, see Chapter 7, Setting up communications.
Step 8—Create HMI tags
If necessary, create HMI tags in any combination of these ways:
• Create tags as needed from the Tag Browser.
• Create a complete tag database in the Tags editor.
• Import an existing Allen-Bradley PLC or SLC database using the
PLC Database Browser.
• Import an existing HMI tag database using the Tag Import and
Export Wizard.
For details, see Chapter 8, Working with tags, and Chapter 9, Creating hmi
tags.
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